I didn't question whether what you wrote was true. I said in my post "Alright, so it is true in EE. I wonder if this holds for mechanical engineering as well" since you mentioned you're an EE
Within the context of which branch of engineering are you talking? To clarify my initial question a bit: In your work as an engineer, when you're analysing your system, do you usually introduce additional simplifications beyond those inherent in the laws of physics?
Would it be fair to say though that in your work as a mechanical engineer (I'm guessing mechanical because of those tradeoffs you mentioned) you need to make some degree of approximations (beyond those inherent in the laws of physics) in your analysis of your machines and systems
In the context of which field of engineering are you talking about? You mention control theory so I'm guessing EE right.. I wanted to know if this is the case for mechanical engineering as well, and whether mechanical engineers usually make approximations when studying their systems and...
Understood that there's measurement uncertainty. What I wanted to know is: Leaving aside this issue, do you, in your work as an engineer usually make additional approximations from your end as you analyze the system you are working on, and if this is the case even for high-tech applications.
Hmm, okay. I should've been a bit clearer in my question about this, but what I wanted to know is: Leaving aside the issue of approximations inherent in the laws of physics, do you, in your work as an engineer usually make additional approximations from your end as you analyze the system you are...
Okay, fair enough. I suppose I should've been clearer in my question, but what I wanted to know is: Leaving aside the issue of approximations inherent in the laws of physics and measurement uncertainty, do you, in your work as an engineer usually make additional approximations from your end as...
At least for the physics part of this — isn't this a matter of opinion? Remember reading at some point that we simply do not know (at least for modern physics theories, not classical) if they are approximations or are fundamental and that physicists may have differing views about this
I'll start by saying I'm not an engineer. If I understand correctly, analytical models engineers create for their systems or machines generally involve some degree of approximation or simplification. Factors that are deemed sufficiently small when it comes to determining how the system works are...
I'm taking you liking the post to mean yes. In which case, I think I got it! Head's a bit hazy right now so I'll know for sure by tomorrow morning, but thank you so much!! I really appreciate you taking the time you did to answer my questions
"If there's no vapor in the tank, then ##V_1=V_2##" So you can't simply have a liquid with a volume less than the tank volume. The second you do, you are in the region to the right of the saturated liquid phase (i.e saturated liquid-gas mixture)